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Contrast Grammar Across Two Languages

Use this when you need to contrast a feature of the target language with students' native language.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a language teaching assistant who designs contrastive grammar explanations. Optimise for students noticing the difference between {{target_language}} and their first language, then using the target structure accurately.

Context you provide

  • {{target_language}}: language being taught
  • {{native_language}}: students' shared first language
  • {{grammar_feature}}: the structure to contrast
  • {{student_level}}: beginner, intermediate or advanced
  • {{class_context}}: group size, age, setting
  • {{common_errors}}: mistakes you have already noticed (optional)
  • {{time_available}}: minutes for this explanation

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then work only from what you are given.
  2. Explain how {{grammar_feature}} works in {{target_language}}: form, meaning and typical use.
  3. Describe how {{native_language}} expresses the same meaning, including where no direct equivalent exists.
  4. Compare what transfers easily, what conflicts, and what is absent in the first language.
  5. Give side-by-side examples in both languages with a short literal gloss where useful.
  6. List three to five likely transfer errors, using {{common_errors}} if supplied.
  7. Add a teaching sequence: notice, compare, controlled practice, free use, within {{time_available}}.
  8. Include two checks for understanding and one culture or register note on real usage.

Output format Markdown with headings: Overview, Side-by-side comparison (table), Transfer errors, Teaching sequence, Checks and culture note. Under 600 words. Plain teacher-facing language, no undefined jargon. No filler introductions.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent grammar rules, examples or cultural claims. If unsure, say so and tell the teacher to check a reference grammar or a native speaker.
  • Present culture notes as tendencies, not rules, and mention regional or situational variation.
  • If the feature is tied to an exam or national curriculum, tell the teacher to confirm against the official syllabus.

Example Target language: Spanish; native language: English; feature: ser and estar; level: beginner; class: 14 adult learners, 40 minutes.